Device for opening buckles.



PATEN'IED NOV. 3, i903.

S. E L K G HU GE P am P E C I V E D APPLICATION FILED DEO. 18. 1902.

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Patented November 3, i903.

r @di GEORGE FRANCES CAREY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,145, dated November 3, 1903. unicam nea Beamter 18.1902. stanno. 135.703. cromati.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it'known that l, GEORGE FRANCES CA- REY, a citizen ofthe United States, and a residentof the city of New York, (Fordham, borough of the BronX,) in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Device for Opening Buckles, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The pprpose .of'the invention is to provide an attachment to the tongues of buckles whereby the buckles may be uickly and conveniently opened with glove hands and less numb and whereby, further, the billetstrap ,may be released from the b'uckle at any ner without touchingthe tongue ofthe buckle.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, asv will be' hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed ont in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in' which similar characters of reference indi` cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of straps conapplied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illust rating the tongue of the buckle released from the billet passed through the buckle and a sectional side elevation of the tongue-releasing device; and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a buckle, the improved forni or tongue of which is also clearly shown, and a partial front elevation of the releasing device for the tongue.

A represents a strap, B a buckle attached to the strap, and C the billet which is passed through the buckle, the said billet being provided with the usual apertures l0, through which. the tongue D of the buckle is adapted to pass, the said tongue 1)eing pivoted to the frame of the buckle in any approved manner. The tongue D of the buckle, however, differs from the ordinary tongue in that opposing lugs l1 extend from its sides adjacent ably at right angles to the side edges of the said tongue, as is best shown in Fig. 4.

In connection with the tongue D of the buckle I employ a chain l2 or its equivalent, the upper link 13 whereof is curved and .is loosely mounted u pon the tongue between the lugs ll and the pivotal portion 14. of the tongue, the said lugs serving to prevent the upper link 13 of the chain from accidentally leaving the said tongue and the curvature of the upper link 13 serving to act more directly upon the tongue when thesschain is drawn downward-and also serving when the tongue is in locking position' relative to the billet C or other strap passed through the buckle to tit to the lower portion of the frame ofthe buckle, as is shown in Fig. 2. The chain l2 is normally disposed between the strap and the billet and preferably extends backwardly from the buckle-through the billet-keeper some distance to the rear of the latter. For convenience a ring 15 is secured to the lower end of the chain l2.

lu operation a buckle having the improvement applied is connected with the strap or billet C, passed through it in the ordinary way. When the billet or strap C is to be released frorn said buckle, said billet or strap isdrawn from its keeper 16 and is carried upward substantially to the position shown in Fig. 3. At the same time a finger of the operator is passed through the ring l5, and the chain l2 is placed under tension, thus causing the tongue D to leave the strap or billet C with which it is in engagement.

By means of this attachment to the tongue of a buckle it will be observed that straps may be disconnectedfrom buckles in a convenient and expeditious manner, even though the strap toble released is drawn very tight and even thugh the hand or finger of the operator using the device may be more or less numb by cold or otherwise.

vThis device is simple, it is durable and eitective, and may be readily connected with any buckle having a tongue constructed substantially as described. y

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A buckle, comprising a frame having a rigid tongue pivoted thereon, a flexible tension device engaging said tongue near its pivotpoint and extending rearwardly/ to a.

for holding said tension device against out ward movement upon said tongue.

2. A buckle consisting of an ordinary foursided frame, a rigid tongue pivoted upon the rearbar of the frame and provided with lugs extending therefrom, and a draft device having one end loosely mounted on t'ne tongue between the projections and the pivot-point of the tongue, said projections limiting the outward movement of said draft device upon the tongue, which draft device extends from the said tongue, as described.

3. A buckle comprising a frame, a, tongue pivoted thereon, opposing lugs extending from opposite side edges of the tongue, a chain having an upper link connected with the tongues betweenv the said lugs and the pivot of the tongue, and a ring at the opposite end of the said chain, for the purpose specified.

4L. A buckle consisting of s frame, and a tongue pivoted on the frame, provided with opposing lugs at opposite sides, and a chain the upper link of which is curved in direction of the pivot-point of the tongue and is loosely mounted on seid tongue between its projections and pivot-point, as set forth 5. A buckle comprising a frame, and n.

tongue pivoted on the frame, having opposing projections from its side edges near its pivot-point, as described.

6. As an improved article of manufacture, a buckle-tongue adapted to be engaged by a tension device and having opposing side projections between its front and its pivot end, said tension device engaging said tongue between its pivot end and said projections, the projections serving as stops to limit the for- Ward movement of the tension device on said tongue, as set forth.

7. A buckle having a rigid tongue pivoted to the buckle-frame, and a pulling device loosely engaging said tongue near its pivotpoint, said device being normally disposed between the strap and the billet and extending backwardly from the buckle through the billet-keeper to a point beyond the usual position of said keeper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE FRANCES CAREY.

Witnesses:

JAMES KENN, JOSEPH I. BERRY.

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